Algeria Hostages

January 23, 2013 |Compiled by Chron.com

Overseas Filipinos who were working at the sprawling oil field in Algeria which was attacked by terrorists, flash the "V" sign as they queue up at the Philippine Immigration upon arrival Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines. The Department of Foreign Affairs in their statement, said that 39 Filipino workers, out of the 52 accounted for following the Algerian hostage crisis, arrived after being evacuated from Algeria via Palma de Mallorca in Spain. The workers claimed they were hundreds of kilometers away from the hostage-taking site but ordered evacuated. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Overseas Filipinos who were working at the sprawling oil field in Algeria which was attacked by terrorists, flash the "V" sign as they queue up at the Philippine Immigration upon arrival Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines. The Department of Foreign Affairs in their statement, said that 39 Filipino workers, out of the 52 accounted for following the Algerian hostage crisis, arrived after being evacuated from Algeria via Palma de Mallorca in Spain. The workers claimed they were hundreds of kilometers away from the hostage-taking site but ordered evacuated. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)